Registering-bank.



L. RITTELMAN.

REGISTERING BANK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1908.

Patented Sept. 7, 1909.

IN VENTOr? /V CE BZTTELMA/V W/TNESSES ytc of J mans-:1 a. omvn: coFHOYQ-UYHGCRAPHERS, msmmou, a. c.

LAWRENCE RITTELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REGISTERING-BANK.

Application filed January 16, 1908.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE RITTEL- MAN, of the borough of Brooklyn,county of Kings, city of New York, and State of New ork, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Registering Banks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to registering banks, but more particularly thatclass of banks which are adapted to accommodate only coins of onespecific denomination and size, whereby the registering device willindicate the sum of the contents by mechanism based on the addition ofthe number of coins in the box.

The object of this invention is to construct a registering bank whereinthe coin itself acts as the means to effectuate the operation of theregistering device, and also to construct suitable working parts to makesuch a bank effective and useful.

In the drawings, Figure l is a on line 11 of Fig.

section of 3 looking up- Fig. 2 1s a section of the bank on line 2-2 ofFig. 3 looking down. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bank, with certainparts shown in section. Fig. A is a partial face I View of theregistering disk. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the bank with partsomitted, illustrating the locking means. Fig. 6 is a perspective View ofthe bank.

The bank is provided with the usual indicating disk A, which is providedon its front with a series of numbers, such as 10, 20,

etc., or a, 10, 15, etc., only one of such numbers being visible at atime through an aper ture in the casing. (As shown in F 6). At the rearof this registering disk A there are placed projecting teeth Bcorresponding in number to the individual figures on the opposite sideof the disk. Thus, if the bank is in its normal condition the indicatingde-. vice will show a zero. As the first coin is inserted in the bankone of the teeth B of the indicating disk is pushed forward one step bythe spring pawl C, forming part of the pivoted member D, so that theindicating device if the bank is set for ten cent pieces will read 10.The pivoted member D is then returned to its initial position by theinflu ence of the spring E, thus causing the spring pawl C to ride overthe back of one of the teeth 13, the stop pawl C holding the diskagainst movement during this operation, whereupon the bank is incondition to re- 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

I for normally locking the arm,

Patented Sept. 7, 1909. Serial No. 411,037.

ceive the second coin. The mechanism which causes the registering deviceto advance step by step, as before described, comprises the arm D,pivoted at F. As the coin is inserted in the slot the cam face D of thearm D pushed over by the entrance of the coin into the box, the otherside of the coin abutting against the rigid pin X. The action of thecoin on the cam face D forces the arm D to swing about the pivot F so asto force its constituent spring pawl C against one of the teeth B of theplate A, thereby advancing the plate A one step. The coin then dropsinto the box. In order to prevent any tampering with the registeringdevice by the insertion of a knife blade, or similar means, I providethe locking means G, H, I, J, I, the object of which is to lock the bankagainst any registration unless upon the insertion of the correct coin.The locking means consists, first, of the flexible plate G, fastened atH to a stationary part of the bank, and provided with the flange I andthe rounded depression J, the latter projecting through an opening K ofthe arm In their normal relations these parts act so as to lock the armD against movement by means of the flange T. Upon the insertion of acoin in the coin-slot the said coin first abuts against the depressionJ, and as it progrc... the coin raises the whole plate G and lifts theflange 1 out of the path of the arm D. As the coin enters the slotfurther it pushes over the arm D, as before described. lVhen the coinhas completely passed into the bank the plate G snaps back, and theprojection J and flange I again assume their normal locking posit-ion.hen the registering disk has made one complete circle the bank isarranged so as to open automatically by means of the co-action betweenthe cam L and the spring M. The spring M is provided with an aperturethrough which projects the fixed pin N As the cam L passes the spring M,as it does at the end of the revolution of the registering disk, itforces the spring M inward and thus off the pin N, and the bank is open.

I claim:

1. In a registering bank, the combination of the rotary registeringdisk, the swinging arm arranged to be operated by a coin to ad *ancesaid disk, and a movable member said member the pat-h of the coin andbeing lying in adapted to be pushed aside by the coin to moved asidethereby and remove said tlange release the arm. s rrom the )at-h of thecoin.

2. In a registering bank, the combination i. in a registering bank, thecombination 20 of the rotary registering disk, the swinging of therotary registering disk, the swinging 5 arm arranged to be operated by acoin to adarm arranged to operate said disk and provance said disk, anda yielding member for vided with a cam face or shoulder adapted normallylooking the arm, said member beto be engaged by the coin, and astationary ing provided with a projection extending pin opposing saidshoulder and forming a 25 through the arm and arranged to be pushedbearing point for the opposite edge portion aside by the com to releasethe arm. of the com.

8. In a registering bank, the combination In witness whereof I havehereunto set of the rotary registering disk, the swinging my hand in thepresence of two subscribing arm arranged to be operated by a coin toadwitnesses, this Hth day of January, 1908. 30

Vance said disk, and a movable member hav- LAWREYGE RITTELMAN. 15 mg aflange normally in the path of said Htnesses:

arm to lock it, and also having a pro ection HANS v. Bmnsrm,

extending into the eoins path so as to be .11. Amara.

